“The truth is that you already are what you are seeking.”

“To seek the truth. But, as you are seeking and as you are waiting, what will you do, what will you think, what will you practice, what rules will you follow?”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist

“what is terrible when you seek the truth is that you find it..”

Victor Serge (1890–1947) Russian revolutionary and writer

“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Stop Seeking, you are already bliss!”

Nithyananda (1978) Indian guru

“Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already have it—that you are it.”

Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer

“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.”

Thomas Ligotti (1953) American horror author

“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.”

Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author

“(…) Just know that you are above and beyond all things and thoughts. What you want to be, you are it already. (…) desire nothing, for you lack nothing. The very seeking prevents you from finding.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru